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| Formed | 12 March 1798 |
| Jurisdiction | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Headquarters | Rijnstraat 8, The Hague |
| Employees | 3,000 |
| Annual budget | €13 billion (2023)[1] |
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| Website | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Dutch: Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken; BZ) is the Netherlands' ministry responsible for foreign relations, foreign policy, international development, international trade, diaspora and matters dealing with the European Union, NATO and the Benelux Union. The ministry was created in 1798, as the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Batavian Republic. In 1876, it became the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the head of the ministry and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands, the incumbent minister is Caspar Veldkamp. The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid is a minister without portfolio within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its incumbent minister is Reinette Klever.
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